Endless in Malayalam

Something with no end at all is അവസാനമില്ലാത്ത (avasaanamillaatha) in Malayalam. The negative sits inside the word, in the -illaatha part, a pattern worth recognising because it builds a great many adjectives. Long but regular, and it goes before the noun.

Most common translation

അവസാനമില്ലാത്ത (avasaanamillaatha)

Endless, having no end, going on and on without stopping.

ഇത് അവസാനമില്ലാത്ത ഒരു കഥയാണ്.

ithu avasaanamillaatha oru kathayaanu.

This is an endless story.

All Malayalam words for “endless”

അവസാനമില്ലാത്ത is the plain descriptive adjective, good for an endless queue or an endless wait. അനന്തം is grander, a Sanskrit word for the infinite that also reaches to the sky and the Supreme Soul.

Common questions

How do you say endless in Malayalam?

അവസാനമില്ലാത്ത (avasaanamillaatha).

When is anantham the better choice?

In poetry, religious writing and philosophy, where അനന്തം means boundless or infinite rather than merely very long.